Green Bush Cricket

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• vanderschelden (30145)
• [2008-11-02 8:59]

Hello Alexei,
Beautiful image through its natural lighting and also 'cause of the photogenic elements involved, for instance the cricket
and the flowers.
I like the fact that the latter are also available in the nlurred background. This is certainly a plus composition-wise.
Thanks for sharing
Annick

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• batu (13334)
• [2008-11-02 9:18]

Hello Alexei,
there are so many details on this picture. The cricket is nicely captured, all parts shown with
superb sharpness (f18!) in particular the mouthparts, the eyes and he legs. Colours and light are very
pleasant, although the light conditions appear 'not the easiest'.
Best wishes, Peter

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• Silvio2006 (41266)
• [2008-11-02 9:29]

Hi Alex, my today neighbour, fantastic macro of lovely cricket, great details, perfect focus and superb sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• siggi (16174)
• [2008-11-02 9:38]

Hello Alexei,
I like your composition with the Bush Cricket in focus. Great focus on the eye and good natural colours. I like the natural background. Regards Siggi

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• eqshannon (27903)
• [2008-11-02 9:44]
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Bravo on this one. You do not post often but when you do it is just right. I think you are a man of good science and skills. You remind me a bit of my father...it is how he would have shot an image..he wold be 94 if he had not passed 10 years ago from Cancer..a great nature photographer among others..He would have, as I, appreciated this one Alexei..
bob

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• mariki (9467)
• [2008-11-02 9:46]

Hello Alexei,

Beautiful shot of this bush cricket feeding on flowers. Very nice composition. Excellent focus and sharpness. Very good exposure and lovely natural colours.
Cheers,
Mariki

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• PaulH (13083)
• [2008-11-02 10:12]

Hello Alexei,
once again a superbn shot. Top clas clarity and sharp details, the setting amogst those tiny flowers is beautiful. Well exposed too, great job!
Paul

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• cataclysta (5468)
• [2008-11-02 10:32]
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Hi Alex
Very nice shot of this member of genus Phaneroptera. Perfect sharpness, great natural surrounding. Also nice diagonal composition - I am wondering how it looks like croped a little bit more from the bottom
TFS
Best wishes
Krzysztof

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• Hil (5027)
• [2008-11-02 11:25]

Hi Alexei,

Superb shot of the Criket.
Nicely composed I like the flowers that it is resting as they are don't distract you rom the cricket, its a great POV and a lovely pose, I think its got it eye on you too.
Excellent details and lovely colour tones.

Hil

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• PeterZ (17500)
• [2008-11-02 11:49]

Hello Alexei,
Great sharpness and details in this photo. Very beautiful natural colours and surroundings. Excellent POV and DOF.
Regards,
Peter

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• nglen (32124)
• [2008-11-02 11:54]

Hi Alexei. This is a first class close up of this Cricket. Your use of the lighting has given bright colours. sharp focusong and fine detail. A good POV/DOF. You are getting use to the new camera so fast . well done TFS. Interesting notes too.
Nick..

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• maurydv (16448)
• [2008-11-02 12:04]

Ciao Alexei,
bellissima macro, splendida composizione per la bella postura della cavalletta che eswprime tutta la tensione in preparazione di un eventuale balzo, straordinaria la definizione dei dettagli, bellissimi e luminosi i colori.
TFS.
Maurizio

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• lousat (19661)
• [2008-11-02 14:07]

Hi Alex,we was very rich too but i have a lot of bad pics about the cricket..ehehe...i'm a little jealous of your,very perfect work,light,colors and details fantastics..my best compliments,have a nice week,Luciano

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• Adanac (17609)
• [2008-11-02 18:35]

Hello My Friend,
Another excellent image like your whole porfolio has just outstanding work, each different but possessing great quality. Thank you Alexei.
Rick

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• saeedabbasi (4512)
• [2008-11-02 23:01]

Hi dear Alexei ,
Great macro with excellent details.
Beautiful colours.

Kind regards
Saeed

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• John_F_Kennedy (3562)
• [2008-11-03 0:26]

Nice to see an image of these lovely guys posted here. Very nice shot.
Best wishes,
Achim

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• horia (14900)
• [2008-11-03 0:36]

Hi Alexei

A very nice shot of this big bush-cricket!
They are really very different from anything else when it comes to shooting and from my experience, they require a different technique. I think you might agree with me that a flower as support doesn't always work for them. I've seen some great photos though with them perched on clubrush and that looked really superb.

Anyway, you shot here is very good, with an impressive DOF that allows the entire big insect to be in such good focus.
The colors are wonderfully rendered, the light is well controlled and the side POV is nice, as well.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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• cloud (4689)
• [2008-11-03 0:47]

Hello Alexei,
I've read your note. I've lived far to North and we have also warm although don't so much. All insects concealed. Your cricket remind warm summer days. Photo is very well done, warm colours, good sharpness of cricket against little flowers.
Regards, Pawel

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• Maite (5195)
• [2008-11-03 1:28]

Hello Alexei
You are right, they all look so attractive in this fantastic picture! The excellent focus and DOF make the Green Bush Cricket stand out with sharp and beautiful details such as the eye with two colors. How curious!
Magnificent job, my friend.
Thank you very much for sharing.
Best wishes
Maite

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• haraprasan (17792)
• [2008-11-03 6:10]

Hi Alexie,
You are the master in capturing the lighting so well. This is simply brilliant. We also have similar type of bush crickets here. But I have never captured so beautifully. Many thanks for sharing this.

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• zumoduvas (2427)
• [2008-11-03 11:21]

Hola Alexei.

Simpatico saltamontes vestido con verde camuflaje pero aun asi se le aprecian bien los detalles.

Saludos.
Jose Luis.

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• wishnugaruda (16596)
• [2008-11-03 11:59]

Hi Alexei,
that's a beautiful big hopper.
I like the perfect warm light and the sharpness. I don't know, but I'm always a little afraid that this insect would jump into my face - silly!
So thanks for your wonderful post
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• fiyo (10618)
• [2008-11-03 13:17]

Hello Alexei,
Wonderful close up. Details are crisp clear.I liked POV,sharpness,lighting and framing a lot. TFS

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• rousettus (12789)
• [2008-11-03 16:53]

Hello Alexei,
a great capture for beautiful cricket species, everything great as always. Superb lighting and sharp focus. Nicely composed. I like very much your macro-shots, of course others:) many thanks. best wishes my friend
Ahmet

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• anel (15676)
• [2008-11-04 2:00]

hello Alex,
I see that you used 640 ISO for this Bush Cricket picture. Amazing to see the result. Perfect sharpness on the insect and nice background. I agree with you, the litttle flower-heads are very cute. The cricket itself is also a guest in my wild garden :-). However this year I saw a lot less of them than in the previous years (probably natural fluctuations).
Thanks for the pleasant picture and the interesting note
Anne

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• eng55 (3508)
• [2008-11-04 7:21]

Hi Alexei,
Magnificent close up.Exposure is spot on,focus couldn't be better.POV,clear details and composition are perfect.
Thanks for posting.

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• izler (504)
• [2008-11-04 10:59]

merhaba my dear friend
high quality macro photo again
POV, DOF, light, colours, sharpness and details are great
TFS
regards
izler

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• uleko (2769)
• [2008-11-04 12:15]

Hello Alexei,
I'm glad you're still enjoying warm weather, here it is turning cold and dark. This is a lovely summery capture of the Bush Cricket in a fine pose on the flowers. Excellent sharpness and beautiful light and colours.
Very well done!
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

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• joey (24727)
• [2008-11-04 13:38]

Hi Alexei,
what a great macro of this large Bush Cricket.
The amount of detial is excellent.
Well composed with a great POV.
Great lighting.
Excellent sharpness.

Well done,
Joe

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• Luis52 (12761)
• [2008-11-04 15:23]

Hola Alexei.
Great photo Alexei. Fine details in this excellent Macro. f/18. Beautiful.
Luis52.

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• ramthakur (32154)
• [2008-11-04 20:46]

This Bush Cricket is surely busy doing something on the tiny flowers rather than sitting idle, Alexei.
The macro image is so very sharp I can see the light reflecting off the tiny pupil of the insect's eye.
The flowers and the insect together make it a charming composition.
Well done and best regards.

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• cako (3213)
• [2008-11-05 4:34]

Hi Alexei
very good sharp and detail
very nice colors
well done.

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• Argus (34927)
• [2008-11-05 7:09]

Hello Alexei,
A very fine macro of a bush cricket, taken from a fine side POV with your usual high standard of sharpness and DOF to clearly show us practically the whole insect against a fine OOF natural BG and set in a pleasing composition.
This is Sickle-bearing Bush Cricket (Phaneroptera falcata), which refers to the sickle-shaped ovipositor partially shown by this female.
Nice to view and thanks for sharing this fine image,
Best regards,
Ivan

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• SelenE (13822)
• [2008-11-05 8:45]

Hi Alex,
Focus, sharpness, lighting, setting, details and composition are very nice. TFS
Greetings,
Selen

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• Heaven (6042)
• [2008-11-05 11:06]

Hi Alex!

You present us a beautiful close-up of a cricket. I especially like the natural environment and also the great sharpness. It is as usually a technically perfect picture. The notes are very interesting and instructive. Altogether this makes a very valuable contribution on TN.

Kind regards

Markus

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• Gert-Paassen (13764)
• [2008-11-05 12:00]

Hi Alexei,

Nice macro shot of this Cricket.
Great details, pov and beautiful colours.

Gert

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• EOSF1 (23469)
• [2008-11-05 14:23]

Hello Alexei, very good details on this close-up! The light is beautiful and your exposure is fine! Well done my friend!

Mario

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• pankajbajpai (16507)
• [2008-11-05 18:40]

hello alexei,
very good capture of the Green Bush Cricket, this macro has good details of the insect, the natural colors look beautiful, i liked the composition and the pov, liked the bright sunlight,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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• crs (3543)
• [2008-11-05 20:45]

Hello Alexei,

This big grasshoppers are very nice looking insects. Due to thir big body it is not easy to show the whole insect sharp. You did it very well kepping in focus not only the insect but the flower beneath too. You have made good use of the light so the colors of your photo look very natural.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian

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• meyerd (5336)
• [2008-11-06 3:27]

Hi Alexei,

excellent, your picture of this female bush cricket. I see clearly now what you can do with simple sunlight when the equipment is right!.

By the way, the species is Phaneroptera falcata as Ivan pointed out.

My best wishes to you, Alexei,
Dietrich

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• goldyrs (9269)
• [2008-11-06 20:11]

What a shot, Alexei!You've used the natural light to perfection!
Very well detailed, indeed!
Cheers!
Goldy

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• Adam73 (2251)
• [2008-11-07 8:52]

Wow nice shot Alexei,

The details are very nice. DOF and warm lighting add a beautiful touch. TFS.

-Adam

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• dkaved (2106)
• [2008-11-07 9:31]

Hi Alexei,
A cracking image my friend.The quality of detail is great as is that of the colours and light.Composed with thought as you chose the perfect angle and good position of the subject.Take care.
Regards, David

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• ddg (5111)
• [2008-11-08 5:40]

Bravo Alexei pour cette macro de criquet avec une grande harmonie de couleurs et une bonne mise en page. Félicitations, Didier.

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• wuta (2142)
• [2008-11-08 10:22]
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Hello Alexei , Beautiful capture of this criket great shot ,nicelly composed and sharp good details light and bg , greetings teunie , and thanks .

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• jignasi (14679)
• [2008-11-08 17:09]

Bonito y dinámico trabajo por la pose captada del insecto. Buen control de la iluminación a pesar de su potencia, así como de los colores, lo que permite ver un conjunto muy realista.
Un abrazo: Josep Ignasi.

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• CeltickRanger (15088)
• [2008-11-09 17:41]

hello Alexei

excellent shot of this Cricket with a superb focus on it,
wonderful luminosity of the image, excellent sharpness
and details of the foreground, TFS

Asbed

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• sayat (1457)
• [2008-11-10 7:24]

Hi Alexei!

The details of the shot are outstanding but to me the most interesting part are:
1. The look that comes straight into our eyes is marvellously captured and
2. The perfect light management that you had, some areas on the insect's body are as if over saturated but looking closely, one can still see the details and texture.

Great shot.

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• marhowie (302)
• [2008-12-02 18:09]

I enjoy the sunny look here.
Very good colors, DOF, and sharpness Alexei.
Excellent POV and diagonal comp, and it's artfully executed :)
Well done!
Howard

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• jusninasirun (7662)
• [2009-01-10 13:35]

Hi Alexei.

I have posted this cricket before but never actually have it on the flower. This is very well shot with very good framing and superbly controlled lighting. The sharpness and details are very well established in the frame and very well done indeed.

Regards,
Jusni

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• Noisette (3911)
• [2009-01-14 15:49]

hello Alex
So beautiful shot ! all is perfect : composition, pose , colors, lighting and sharpness.
TFS
Jacqueline

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• foozi (9065)
• [2009-02-25 2:33]

Hi Alex,
wonderful shot of this green cricket. very sharp and clear. The beauty is well seen and furthermore with the diagonal composition, pushint it into excellent presentation.
Both the cricket and the flowers are special.

Regards,
Foozi